SCP TOP 200:
Performances By An Actor In The 90s.
- Tom Hanks.....Philadelphia
- Samuel L. Jackson.....Pulp Fiction
- Denzel Washington.....Malcolm X
- Anthony Hopkins.....The Silence of the Lambs
- Edward Norton.....American History X
- Val Kilmer.....The Doors
- Kevin Spacey.....The Usual Suspects
- Gene Hackman.....Unforgiven
- Robin Williams.....The Fisher King
- Robert Downey, Jr.....Chaplin
- Nicholas Cage.....Leaving Las Vegas
- Jack Nicholson.....As Good As It Gets
- Gary Oldman.....Bram Stoker's Dracula
- Val Kilmer.....Tombstone
- Robert De Niro.....Cape Fear
- Laurence Fishburne.....What's Love Got To Do With It
- Liam Neeson.....Schindler's List
- Woody Harrelson.....The People Vs. Larry Flynt
- John Travolta.....Primary Colors
- Johnny Depp.....Edward Scissorhands
- Denzel Washington.....The Hurricane
- Jim Carrey.....Man On the Moon
- Al Pacino.....The Devil's Advocate
- John Travolta.....Pulp Fiction
- Brad Pitt.....12 Monkeys
- Morgan Freeman.....The Shawshank Redemption
- John Malkovich.....In the Line of Fire
- Greg Kinnear.....As Good As It Gets
- Mel Gibson.....Hamlet (1990)
- Russell Crowe.....The Insider
- Dustin Hoffman.....Hook
- Cuba Gooding, Jr.....Jerry Maguire
- Matt Damon.....The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Johnny Depp.....Ed Wood
- Edward Norton.....Primal Fear
- Sean Penn.....Dead Man Walking
- Anthony Hopkins.....Nixon
- Ralph Fiennes.....Sunshine
- Robert De Niro.....Awakenings
- Daniel Day Lewis.....In the Name of the Father
- Jack Nicholson.....A Few Good Men
- Jack Lemmon.....Glengarry Glen Ross
- Ewan McGregor.....Velvet Goldmine
- Tom Cruise.....Jerry Maguire
- Tom Hanks.....Forrest Gump
- Kevin Spacey.....American Beauty
- Joe Pesci.....Goodfellas
- John Leguizamo.....Romeo + Juliet
- Leonardo DiCaprio.....What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
- Billy Bob Thornton.....Sling Blade
- Christopher Walken.....King of New York
- Michael Douglas.....Falling Down
- Ralph Fiennes.....Schindler's List
- Robin Williams.....Awakenings
- Tom Cruise.....Interview With the Vampire
- Gary Senise.....Forrest Gump
- Al Pacino.....Dick Tracy
- Robert Downey, Jr.....Natural Born Killers
- Anthony Hopkins.....The Remains of the Day
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers.....Velvet Goldmine
- Jaye Davidson.....The Crying Game
- Johnny Depp.....Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
- Ray Liotta.....Goodfellas
- Ian McKellen.....Richard III
- Brendan Fraser.....School Ties
- Walter Matthau.....Grumpy Old Men
- Woody Harrelson.....Natural Born Killers
- Bill Murray.....Rushmore
- Kris Kristofferson.....Lone Star
- Paul Newman.....Nobody's Fool
- James Coburn.....Affliction
- Sean Penn.....Sweet and Lowdown
- Joseph Fiennes.....Shakespeare In Love
- Samuel L. Jackson.....Against the Wall
- Tommy Lee Jones.....JFK
- Gary Oldman.....Leon (The Professional)
- Brad Pitt.....Fight Club
- Jack Lemmon.....Grumpy Old Men
- John Travolta.....Get Shorty
- Harrison Ford.....Regarding Henry
- Jeremy Irons.....Reversal of Fortune
- Kenneth Branaugh.....Othello
- Jason Patrick.....Rush
- River Phoenix.....My Own Private Idaho
- Tim Roth.....Reservoir Dogs
- Jim Carrey.....The Truman Show
- Vincent D'Onofrio.....The Whole Wide World
- Russell Crowe.....L.A. Confidential
- Alan Rickman.....Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Tom Cruise.....Magnolia
- Robert De Niro.....Casino
- Anthony Hopkins.....Amistad
- Laurence Fishburne.....Boyz N the Hood
- Michael Rappaport.....Higher Learning
- Danny DeVito.....The Big Kahuna
- Michael Clarke Duncan.....The Green Mile
- Bruce Willis.....Death Becomes Her
- Burt Reynolds.....Boogie Nights
- Nick Nolte.....Affliction
- Raul Julia.....The Addams Family
- Robin Williams.....Good Will Hunting
- Joe Pesci.....JFK
- Billy Bob Thornton.....A Simple Plan
- Tommy Lee Jones.....The Fugitive
- Daniel Day Lewis.....Last of the Mohicans
- Andy Garcia.....When a Man Loves a Woman
- Nick Nolte.....The Prince of Tides
- Tom Cruise.....A Few Good Men
- Marlon Brando.....Don Juan DeMarco
- Leonardo DiCaprio.....The Basketball Diaries
- Steve Martin.....The Spanish Prisoner
- Phillip Seymour Hoffman.....Boogie Nights
- James Woods.....Ghosts of Mississippi
- Ian McKellen.....Gods and Monsters
- John Malkovich.....Being John Malkovich
- Michael Douglas.....The American President
- Harvey Keitel.....The Piano
- Guy Pearce.....L.A. Confidential
- Cuba Gooding, Jr.....Boyz N the Hood
- Michael Caine.....The Cider House Rules
- Sean Penn.....Carlito's Way
- Anthony Hopkins.....Titus
- Robert Duvall.....The Apostle
- Leonardo DiCaprio.....Romeo + Juliet
- Samuel L. Jackson.....A Time to Kill
- Mel Gibson.....Braveheart
- Laurence Fishburne.....Othello
- John Cusack.....Being John Malkovich
- Jack Nicholson.....Hoffa
- Gary Oldman.....Immortal Beloved
- Tim Roth.....Rob Roy
- Tom Hanks.....Saving Private Ryan
- Dustin Hoffman.....Wag the Dog
- Al Pacino.....Any Given Sunday
- Mike Myers.....54
- Sylvester Stallone.....Copland
- Johnny Depp.....Don Juan DeMarco
- Nigel Hawthorne.....The Madness of King George
- Phillip Seymour Hoffman.....The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Patrick McGoohan.....Braveheart
- Brad Renfro.....Apt Pupil
- John Malkovich.....Of Mice and Men
- John Leguizamo.....Summer of Sam
- Edward Norton.....Fight Club
- Gary Oldman.....JFK
- Clint Eastwood.....Unforgiven
- Denzel Washington.....He Got Game
- Stephen Rea.....The Crying Game
- Brendan Fraser.....Gods and Monsters
- William H. Macy.....Fargo
- Jason Schwatzman.....Rushmore
- Haley Joel Osment.....The Sixth Sense
- Martin Landau.....Ed Wood
- Jamie Foxx.....Any Given Sunday
- Jack Palance.....City Slickers
- Joaquin Phoenix.....Return to Paradise
- James Caan.....Misery
- Ewan McGregor.....Trainspotting
- Ralph Fiennes.....The End of the Affair
- Richard Dreyfuss.....Mr. Holland's Opus
- Adrian Brody.....Summer of Sam
- Jeffrey Wright.....Basquiat
- Vincent Kartheiser.....Another Day In Paradise
- Liam Neeson.....Michael Collins
- Harvey Keitel.....Reservoir Dogs
- Mark Wahlberg.....Boogie Nights
- Kevin Spacey.....Se7en
- Kevin Costner.....JFK
- Omar Epps.....Higher Learning
- Jason Patrick.....Your Friends and Neighbors
- Morgan Freeman.....Se7en
- Matt Damon.....Good Will Hunting
- Gene Hackman.....Crimson Tide
- Andy Garcia.....The Godfather III
- Ben Affleck.....Chasing Amy
- Kurt Russell.....Tombstone
- Ryan Phillipe.....Cruel Intentions
- Bill Paxton.....One False Move
- Benicio Del Toro.....The Usual Suspects
- Wes Bentley.....American Beauty
- Christopher Lloyd.....The Addams Family
- Kenneth Branaugh.....Celebrity
- James Woods.....The Virgin Suicides
- Ian McKellen.....Apt Pupil
- Robert Downey, Jr.....One Night Stand
- Matthew Modine.....And the Band Played On
- Samuel L. Jackson.....The Negotiator
- Richard Farnsworth.....The Straight Story
- Jean Reno.....Leon (The Professional)
- Patrick Stewart.....Jeffrey
- Tobey Maguire.....The Cider House Rules
- Sean Patrick Flanery.....Powder
- Brad Pitt.....Interview With the Vampire
- Kevin Kline.....Dave
- Keanu Reeves.....The Devil's Advocate
- Gary Oldman.....True Romance
- William Forsythe.....Dick Tracy
- Jude Law.....The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Tom Waits.....Bram Stoker's Dracula
- Bill Murray.....Groundhog Day
I just wanted to say that this list was quite a challenge to put in order. As it is now, I'm happy with the order that it's in, but I would like to point out several things. First of all, just because something is towards the end of the list doesn't mean it's bad. There are some outstanding acting performances towards the end, they just were either smaller roles than the rest or weren't as good for that particular actor as another higher up on the list. Secondly, that even if you don't agree with the ordering, this list was made more so you could read through it and go "Yeah, that one was good," not just nit-pick which ones I have before what. If you find yourself doing that, stop, because you've got it all wrong. I just wanted to point out which performances I think will be remembered forever, and alot of them are ones that the Oscars and Golden Globes forgot about. In fact, I lean my personal tastes more to the underdogs anyway, if nothing else just so I can get them out there where people can see. Thank you, and I hope you enjoyed this.Questions, concerns, or if you want to submit your own Top 10 Acting Performances of the 90s, just email me.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
These are ones i had to cut off the list to get it down to 200, and to include some I'd completely forgotten, but are still great and worth sharing. These are in alphabetical order.
- Ben Affleck.....Dogma
- Nicholas Cage.....Bringing Out the Dead
- Willem Dafoe.....Boondock Saints
- Robert De Niro.....Goodfellas
- Robert Downey, Jr.....In Dreams
- Woody Harrelson.....White Men Can't Jump
- Tommy Lee Jones.....Heaven and Earth
- Nick Nolte.....Mother Night
- Al Pacino.....Glengarry Glen Ross
- Keanu Reeves.....My Own Private Idaho
- Brad Renfro.....Apt Pupil
- Kiefer Sutherland.....Dark City
- Vince Vaughn.....Psycho (98)
- Christopher Walken.....The Prophecy
- Robin Williams.....What Dreams May Come
